IMODIUM Reviews (LOPERAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (40 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare IMODIUM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR IMODIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Diarrhoea | Took Imodium so I didn't need to rush to the toilet when I was out for the day as I'd had a couple of days of diarrhoea. Well, a few hours after I had severe stomach cramps, bloating, gas, dizziness and ended I up curled up in the fetal position for a whole evening. I also didn't go to the toilet for 2 days after! | I guess it works for some people for some reasons. I would never take it again, the pain is almost unbearable. | F | 40 | 1 days 1X day | 3/4/2023 | 1 | Loose bowel movements | Woken at 4.30am next day with stomach pain which was bearable | If I had not been going out I would have let nature take its course. In future I will do just that. | F | 71 | 1 days 2 tabs 1X day | 7/19/2022 | 1 | Diahrea caused by iron tablets | Awful felt I was passing out. Hot shaky pins and needles totally nauseous but couldn't be sick | Never again | F | 2 days 2X day | 1/11/2022 | 1 | Diarrhea | Severe abdominal cramps, loss of vision, extreme nausea, worse diarrhea all within 5 hours of taking it. | Please don't take this. | F | 15 | 1 days 15MG 1X day | 8/23/2021 | 1 | Diarrhea | I took this two days ago and forgot what it does to my intestines, so now I'm suffering again. Diarrhea stopped, but I've had nothing but severe cramping and the feeling I have to go, but nothing comes out. Two days of hell and pain. | M | 59 | 1 days Two tablet 1X day | 9/21/2020 | 1 | constipation | M | 25 | 1 days 4mg | 6/11/2020 | 1 | Had diarrhea for 24 hours | I took 2 pills around 10pm at night and it kept me up the entire night. Had major jitters and felt like I had taken adderall. Cannot sleep at all and major restlessness. | F | 35 | 1 days 2 pills | 3/25/2019 | 1 | Diarrhoea | Would never have Imodium again, had one tablet on Monday after getting home from holiday with bali belly, it's now Wednesday and ever since have had really really bad tummy pains! | F | 23 | 1 days 1 | 8/25/2015 | 1 | Stomach flu | Diarrhea,severe cramps,nausea,stomach pain | Really REALLY bad!!! Took a pill so I could go out with friends. Ended up with severe tummy pain & even worse diarrhea. Never using again. | F | 35 | 1 days 30 mg | 7/19/2015 | 1 | Diarrhea following change in meds | Severe stomach cramps and bloating because I'm now so constipated. Would rather have let the diarrhea work itself out. Do NOT recommend this drug. | F | 61 | 1 days 2 tablets | 10/30/2014 | 1 | Diarrhea from taking the prevpac | There is nothing worse than constipated diarrhea. Smh! | My dr told me to take modicum for diarrhea and now I still have diarrhea it just isn't coming out!! Worst feeling ever!!! It's rolling around my tummy like a thunder storm and nothing I can do about it!!! | F | 35 | 1 days 2X O | 10/28/2011 | 1 | Intestinal virus/diarrhea | I was sick with an intestinal virus that caused fever and diarrhea. An NP recommended Imodium which I took on Sunday afternoon. I've been exhausted, increasingly nauseous, have a low constant abdominal pain, and I am unable to have a bowel movement since then (now Tuesday morning). I would have rather dealt with the diarrhea and now my discomfort has been prolong thanks to this drug. Avoid at all costs IMHO... | F | 28 | 1 days 2 1X day | 2/1/2011 | 1 | Travel | very bad stomach cramping and unable to have any bowel movements for 2 days now. It completely shut down my colon but now I am having very bad stomach pain. I would rather have kept the diarreah. I would not reccomend this at all as it is always best to just let your system empty out naturally. | Definitely stops diarreah or the feeling of having to go to the bathroom, but it also does the opposite by eliminating any sort of bowel movement- not just the dirreah. | F | 31 | 2 days | 1/24/2010 | 1 | Reduce frequency & urgency | Severe cramping and constipation. Reduced dosage from 2 pills to 1 pill to 1/2 pill. Ended up in the ER for dehydration and constipated after 4 days. Was vomiting even water. | Switched to Lomotil and have had no significant problems. | F | 50 | 1 months | 5/30/2008 | 2 | Diarrhea, delaying pooping | I took 2 pills twice and it worked fine for the first 2 times but now it always gives hideous cramps, bloating, headache, constipation for days... Even with just a single pill. It does treat it but the side effects are bad | M | 22 | 1 days 60 1X day | 4/24/2022 | 2 | spastic colon ibs | constipation, anxiety, drowsiness, fatigue, unable to have a bowel movement (colonic inertia), depressed central nervous systemic effects, diahrrea when discontinuing | Very disappointed. Don't believe that it won't cause constipation. For me, I took it for spastic colon / I did not have diahrrea from the start so maybe it was just my poor choice of drugs...just wanted the spasms to stop and it is an anticholinergenic.../...it worked for that no more spasticity wow great, but had terrible consequences (see list). Wouldn't do it again. I believe if you have ibs-d this might be a tremendous help but for me it wasn't the help I wanted. | F | 53 | 1 months 1mg 1X day | 9/8/2018 | 3 | I had awful cramps & diarrhoea | I took this otc medicine to help with excruciating cramps and diarrhoea over the weekend! Within an hour the cramps was under control but then the vertigo started! I could not stand up and felt I had lost touch with reality, staring into space for hours and just felt really off and weird but put that down to my tinnitus playing up, never linked it to Imodium until I took it again this morning when the cramps started again, thats when the lightbulb went on and I knew it was side effects. | I dont care how painful it gets I will never take it again. Gp appointment tomorrow to figure out what is going on with my insides | F | 49 | 2 days 2X day | 6/26/2023 | 3 | Ibs d | Gut cramps, fatigue | Take for moderate to severe ibs-d. I have to take every 3 days and i still have bm usually 3 times a day. Usually side effects include light gut cramping and fatigue for the day i take it. But if i dont take with lots of water and drink lots of water the entire day i take it, i get very severe gut cramps, like can't walk, curled up in fetal position gut cramps. | 35 | 100 days 15 1X AN | 6/8/2022 | 3 | Just to delay defecation | I am a pharmacist and an anxiety patient also. I have been using escitalopram since last 3 years. Today i used imodium first time in my life. There was a big anxiety attack i never had before. Even condition led to moderate respiratory depression and palpating heart with very much pressure feeling in brain. My hands starts trembling and i felt some involuntary movements in some muscles randomly. Was Feeling vertigo. I was thinking about my death. But fortunately i always have escitalopram tablet in my vault. I used the double dose and slowly conditions come back to normal. It was a weird experience. So anyone who has anxiety problem should not take this medication. | M | 29 | 1 days 2 mg | 3/11/2017 | 3 | Ibs | Fatigue and malaise, constipation | I take imodium regularly for my ibs symptoms, but sometimes it isn't strong enough. My main issue is the fatigue and malaise I feel while on it. It is an opiod, but does not have the analgesic effects. | F | 25 | 1 days 1 2X day | 8/8/2011 |